This week Worcestershire Parent Carer Forum brought together representatives of 15 local SEND charities and mental health professionals from across Worcestershire including: Hereford & Worcestershire Dyslexia Association, Worcestershire Parent Carers, Key2Confidence, Autism West Midlands, Own Time & Space, Arcos, Dr…
Last week, Worcestershire Parent Carer Forum joined forces with Worcestershire County Council to co-produce and deliver an impactful training session aimed at building understanding around autism and parental blame. The session, grounded in the research published by West Midlands ADASS,…
Yesterday Worcestershire Parent Carer Forum (WPCF) brought together Worcestershire County Council’s Education Engagement Manager Michele Fowler, responsible for attendance and children missing education, along with SEND Support Team Manager Vicky Jarrad. They met online with 10 Worcestershire parent carers who…
Calling all Worcestershire SEND parent carers! We’d like to hear your experiences of accessing a ‘short break’ from your caring responsibilities. Our members tell us that finding the right support for their SEND child or young person so they can…
This week the results of a leading autism and parental blame research project had its first introduction at the Worcestershire Autism Partnership Board. WPCF ensured Worcestershire parent carers were there to share their local experiences of parental blame. The ‘Blamed…
WPCF are pleased to be involved in today’s quality assurance visit to ‘deep dive’ the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) service here in Worcestershire. This visit was initiated following extensive feedback from parent carers to WPCF and Healthwatch.…
Last week 7 of our parent carer ‘reps’ gave up their day to attend Worcestershire’s SEND Strategy Delivery Plan Review. Working alongside senior managers from across children’s and adults’ education, health and social care, our reps shared the experiences and…
This week 10 parent carer ‘reps’ from WPCF met with senior leaders from the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust‘s CAMHS service and mental health commissioners from Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust. It was the start of a…
Tonight 8 WPCF parent carer ‘reps’ met with Worcestershire’s Designated Clinical Officer (DCO) to discuss the guidance Worcestershire GPs receive to support children and young people with SEND. We were also joined by 2 Worcestershire GPs and 2 Worcestershire SENCOs.…
As we predicted we are starting to hear from Worcestershire parent carers who are being issued generic ‘attendance concern’ letters (that warn of fines & legal proceedings) for their SEND children. Many of these children have neurodivergent diagnoses and aren’t…
